GLASGOW VILLAGE, Mo. — A child was shot and injured in Glasgow Village in north St. Louis County Wednesday morning.
Sgt. Tracy Panus with the St. Louis County Police Department said the shooting happened at about 9:45 a.m. on Spring Garden Drive. The child was inside a home on the 10700 block of Spring Garden Drive when someone fired shots at the building.
Panus said responding officers found the child with a gunshot wound. The child was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries that police said were not life-threatening.
Family said 9-year-old Jayceon Williams was in his bedroom when he was shot in the arm.
His grandmother, Janie Leggette, lives next door to her daughter and grandchildren. On Wednesday morning, she woke up early and didn't see anyone outside.
She went back to sleep. Shortly before 10 a.m., she heard 17 gunshots go off and then heard screams.
That's when she said she saw her daughter saying that her son was shot. She doesn't believe it was a targeted act.
"He is a good boy, he’s smart he goes to school. He’s intelligent, he shouldn’t be going through this. He just lost his daddy a few years ago," Leggette said. "Whoever did this I hope they get caught."
This is the third child shot in the St. Louis area in the last three days. On Monday, a 5-year-old girl in Belleville and a 7-year-old boy in Berkeley died from gunshot wounds.
No other information about the shooting has been provided.
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